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Contract Management: When Collaboration Isn’t Enough, Automation Can Save the Day
Ardent Partners has written at length about the value of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders (namely, with legal departments and suppliers) to uncover hidden costs, risks, and opportunities within... Read more
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What Diplomatic Relations with Cuba Could Mean for Chief Procurement Officers
With the recent news that the U.S. and Cuban governments are re-opening embassies in each other’s capital cities, the possibility that the U.S. and Cuba will eventually normalize economic relations... Read more
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ePayables 2015: AP’s Top 3 Priorities in 2015
It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came... Read more
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Procurement Influencer Series: Patrick Stakenas of Selectica
[Editor’s note: Ardent Partners’ Procurement Influencer Series continues today with a conversation between Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer of Ardent, and Patrick Stakenas, President and CEO of Selectica. Together, the... Read more
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Upcoming Webinar: How Best-in-Class Finance Leaders Optimize Their AP Performance
In 2015, more AP groups are accelerating their plans to transform their operations and scale to new heights by pursuing the critical attributes that can propel an operation to the... Read more
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Visibility: What Does it Mean for Suppliers?
Our short series of articles on the concept of visibility and what it means for Chief Procurement Officers continues this month. The response to this series has been so strong... Read more
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Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery
Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to... Read more
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Mobile, Virtual Contract Management: From Back Office to Out-of-Office
The staff at Ardent Partners has written extensively about innovation in the supply management technology sphere over the last five years. During this time, we’ve seen the evolution of mobile... Read more
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ePayables 2015: Reaching for “Higher Ground” in Accounts Payable
It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came... Read more
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The Evolution of AP in 2015: Making an Impact
The world of accounts payable is changing, evolving…and the average business can benefit by boosting the strategic impact of their AP functions and linking the unit to more critical enterprise... Read more